"If you look at the history of Microsoft's investments, it really hasn't gotten the company much, " he says.
Privacy International denied that accusation in an open letter to Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt, saying that Google's response stemmed from "sour grapes" and citing the privacy group's history of criticizing Microsoft policies.
And Microsoft has a history of shutting down its Internet services (including FolderShare, an early file-syncing competitor to Dropbox) or even downright losing consumer data (eg Danger phones).
"Nokia has a long history of innovation and their partnership with Microsoft allows us to extend the core academic and community resources of the University into the pocket of our students, " noted David Middleton, Executive Director, Center for Mobile Research and Innovation, and Assistant Vice President of Administration at Seton Hall University.
Microsoft has a long history of supporting bitter rivals -- even those that have long publicly disparaged the company, offering funds to Nokia, Corel and, most famously, Apple.
Microsoft, with its history of corporate software sales, is still cultivating the business potential of search, but its forthcoming Windows Live product is expected to take a similar turn.
Microsoft has a long history of delivering platforms and services to the automotive market, including in-car infotainment systems built on the Windows Embedded Automotive platform, in-car mapping services with Bing and the Microsoft Tellme voice application, and many other consumer solutions.
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On the one hand, he noted that Microsoft has a long history of providing cross-platform applications. (You can run Office on the Mac, for instance.) And he also noted that you can run the limited function Web-based version of Office in a browser on basically any device at all, including iPads and iPhones, to read documents and do some light editing.
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In the case of Microsoft Corporation, looking at the history chart for MSFT below can help in judging whether the most recent dividend is likely to continue, and in turn whether it is a reasonable expectation to expect a 3% annual yield.
On May 26, 2010, when the market cap of Apple beat the market cap of Microsoft, that was the day in history when the right brain finally beat the left brain.
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While Zune devices will still work with Windows 7, and the Zune Pass simply becomes the Xbox Music Pass, the brand is effectively no more, joining the Kin and Microsoft Bob in the annals of MS history.
Throughout Office's history, it's been the most important set of Windows applications for Microsoft.
Bill Gates has a long history of making investments in cable companies with the hopes that it will secure Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people) software a significant role in the technology used for high-speed Internet access and for cable set-top boxes that deliver interactive TV.
And Microsoft, the target of one of the largest antitrust actions in history, largely came away unscathed.
Nasdaq, of course, has a fabled history of surpassing other exchanges as a unique home to start-ups with names like Intel and Microsoft.
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In recent history, Microsoft and Intel mounted campaigns to convince people that the PC should be the hub of their personal networks.
The tale of the browser wars between Microsoft (MSFT) and Netscape Communications nscp ( nscp) reads a lot like a history of the Western Front in World War I.
Microsoft is the smartest big company in history--I'd guess a typical employee IQ of 120, spread over 32, 000 people.
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